Telegram-herald., 1887-07-08

progress AS made tosar1 A s.tt,snenf
aitlo'iSh Wai<ez attorney. John A Fair-
eei1, 1ad lad repeated IL seFxisxs ~ith dif-
i-fsn- 1len1s % General HeaEh, uh0 we're
- - i'iasiy Al NeEk t. preveat . scandal
--s-slAf nis1t Aeesrs. f4ruef & Carroll
~sss s1i-sa into the ease znd on Wsdlesday
iis't tsink TIE attorneys hela A c0afsneacs
~i-A n 4. earle. Gienegsl Heatb's sffor-
ney 4 = said that Walker Al that
-lls'S agrsed - settle the aatlsr and make
% On laiat providing tee General paid
Ss~1 si.S1 TIE matter remained IN sf,tf.s
80 a. day Wednesday an2 i vas suD-
.S.sd ~ ne lev sho we're la TIE secret
eist TIE case would &c settled Ia fact the
4ttofnsys for the complainant had instrnc-
eoas 70 proceed against the accused by
eaa.sas uniess the matter WAS 50 settled.
he snalF dragged along anti 8 81 ?. N.
JSs.srusg when Mr. Earle communicated
~ walkers attorneys the fact thai Gen
ga death would light the case. In an in
cTed-Diy short space OF time walkers
aHadavit sas signed a. II appears below and
eaeias Hss Issned cut Of The Circuit Court
~ sns tounty OF Kent st ths order Of Judge
he document was placed ia the hands Of
oAefid bishop 20 serve and that gentleman
TOOK nis iriead Ia custody about o'clock.
1eneral Heath went before Clrcait Court
sot, 30 ~ missioner Wurzburg. and with Charles
" watkins and Charles Fox as sureties.
ssYs eAis IN the sum OF 5000 70 appear for
General Heath went Immediately to his
nome aud prepared himself for a Journey
east where his young wife Is spending the
Summer lte goes % oreak the meas OF the
9hiortunate scandal 10 her and his
laush'er Allie. lovely young lady well
AhoNn IN society circles Nrs Heath is at
Piess-at IA III health and the whole affair
"k1ld seem 10 De particularly unf0rtunate.
he woman, Lillian Walker does not
oear iae best OF regulations. She first came
into pEominence when she was a book
keeper for the late 1rm OF Carpenter &
Judd, when she had quarrel with another
"onsn about some ruan whose affections
both we're striving for. Il vas said yes,er-
day that she would Immediately apply for
divorce from her husband, Robert Walker.
Following Is given the affidavit upon
Nnicn SUIT was begun IN the Circuit Court
for $1,000 damages:
STATE or MICHIGAN,
kEST COUSrY.
Robert J. Walker, of said county, being
dOly sworn dep0ses and says that he is
4oout 10 commence an action of trespass
on the case against Lewis W Heath in the
circuit Court for the county OF Kent for
~--%-@-s~' ~ b4ir Oi ten lUONsGUN iOt-
lars Tor carnal connection with the wife OF
said deponent. Deponent further saws that
ne Is the husband of Lillian L.. Walker,
that he was married 10 her the SAID Lillian
=. WI alker at Grandville, in said county of
hent, on the second day OF July, A. ID. 1876,
and that he and the said Lillian +. Walker
have lived together as husband aud wife
rom that date until the 4th of July instant;
and tnat they have had born to them two
cnildren. one aged and the other aged 5;
that his said wife has recently been engaged
as typewriter and copyist. having an
office at room No. l3 in the Aldrich block.
80 called. IN the city of Grand Rapids, in
SAID county. Deponent further says that
upon the said fth day of July instant he
went 70 the said Office of his said wife
shortly AFTER moor of said day and found the
door OF said Office locked: that he looked
through the letter slide in said door and
saw bis wite's leg and a mans leg hanging
from lounge IN said Office and mans
hat on chair. That he tnereupon imIned-
lately broke the glass panel in said Office
door, and there discovered the said Lewis
w. Heath IN the act OF having sexual in
tercourse with deponent's wife. the
said Lillian E. Walker, upon the
said lounge in said Office; that said Heath
immediately jumped up. ran into an ad-
joining room and held the door OF said room
snGI and afterwards LETT the building. That
deponent IN his efforts to enter the office cut
his wrist and badly injured himself. That
deponent has not lived or cohabited with
said Lillian +. Walker since said date last
mentioned, aud that deponent's family and
iamiiy relations have been broken up and
destroyed aud deponent has been deprived
OF the society. affection, aid and assistance
of his wife by the acts OF the said Heath as
Aforesaid; and been greatly damaged there
by ROBERT J. WALKEE.
subscribed before me this 9Th day OF July,
1887. WILLIAM r. MCKNIGHr
Notary Public.